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University ousts underwear art Close Student told to remove artwork from donor event after it was deemed offensive B y O livia B owden Assistant News Editor

He said he also sent his webpage, which displays his art, to the organizers before the event

to ensure that they were aware of the content.

He said he was told to take

down his artwork twenty minutes before the event had begun.

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The University has sparked controversy after it banned a student’s artwork at a high-profile donor event.

On May 29, David Woodward, BFA ’13, was invited to display his artwork at the event in Goodes Hall, but was later told to take down his display after some organizers deemed it too “inappropriate.”

The event was held for the Grant Hall Society, which is comprised of donors who have contributed $1,000 or more to the University within the past year. At least 50 people were in attendance at the event.

Woodward’s piece, which is entitled All I Am is What I’ve Felt, consists of 10 pairs of men’s underwear pinned onto a white board. On the front of each pair is an embroidered image or phrase.

One pair says ‘You Think. I Love.’ over top a firing hand-gun, and another illustrates an overturned canoe and the words ‘I can’t make you.’

Woodward and one other BFA student were at the event to display their art. The other student, who Woodward described as a landscape artist, declined to speak with the Journal.

Woodward said that none of the organizers had expressed any concern with the nature of Canada defeated Tonga 36-27 in an international rugby match at Richardson Stadium on June his work beforehand.

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Actress awarded honorary degree

Ruckus at Richardson

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Residence plans resisted

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Community members disapprove of building proposals

Universities struggle with environmental footprints.

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Arts A review of Modern Fuel’s Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room.

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sports Women’s hockey bench boss hits the recruiting trail.

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Postscript Smoking alcohol is gaining popularity among students.

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comes to campus

the lake, and at 28 Albert St., close the buildings as they will be located close to the lake front. to Leonard Field.

Peter Rubens, a resident who After the first statutory public The University’s plans for two new meeting on April 18, the University lives on King St. West, said he residence buildings on campus revised their plan to best suit the had concerns about the surplus of could face setbacks after public needs of the community, after traffic that the new residents will input on the project showed to be facing criticism from local residents. create. He also suggested building In the initial design, the Stuart residences in other areas like overwhelmingly negative.

On June 20, the University St. building was a storey higher. It’s West Campus.

Two other local residents presented a public meeting report since been modified with the extra to the City of Kingston’s Planning level placed on top of the Albert expressed frustration at Queen’s Committee, at council chambers, St. building to comply with public for their reluctance to build on West Campus. where they sought to amend a input presented in April.

“How long until they turn In addition to these revisions, bylaw which restricts building the Stuart St. building design has Albert Street into a one-way street?” density in the area.

Currently, all Queen’s been reduced in mass and moved Rubens added. “Queen’s has been residences are in compliance with as close to the street as possible, doing this all over campus.”

John Matthews, a resident the regulation, which caps building maximizing yard space. It’s said to density at 519 units per hectare. be about four to five feet longer who lives on Collingwood St., addressed the concerns regarding The proposal would place 538 than Leggett Hall. units per hectare on Albert St., The Committee notified up to the traffic caused by trucks on and near 900 units per hectare on 90 residents within 120 metres of his street delivering food to the subject site prior to the meeting campus cafeterias.

Stuart St. “There are too many trucks The Albert St. residence taking place on Thursday.

Of the five local residents on Collingwood for supplying is expected to be a nine-storey, 272-bed building while the Stuart who spoke at the meeting, none food for students. Maybe change St. building will be a five-storey approved of the plans. Kingston the location of those students,” unit with 272 beds. The residences MPP John Gerretsen explained his he said. are to be built at 222 Stuart St., by concerns with the size and bulk of See AMS page 5

On June 13, six-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close came to campus to speak on her initiatives regarding destigmatizing mental illness.

She accepted an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the life sciences and School of Graduate Studies convocation.

The Graduate Studies classes included students studying anatomy, neuroscience and medicine.

Honoured for her work and public advocacy surrounding issues of mental health, Close’s work is said to benefit the Queen’s community.

She’s the co-founder of BringChange2Mind, an anti-stigma campaign. It works to end mental health stigma through widely distributed public education materials and public service announcements.

Since the campaign’s inception in 2009, Close has used her international standing to motivate those suffering to share their stories.

Both her sister Jessie Close and nephew Calen Pick live with mental illness, motivating her to become an active member of the mental health community.

The day before convocation, Close lectured in the Biosciences Complex at a Queen’s event hosted by the Faculty of Health Sciences.

She shared various BringChange2Mind public service announcements and took questions on her initiatives from the audience.

Close told the media that she spent the morning with the Mental Health Working Group and Queen’s Health, Counselling and Disability Services (HCDS) to see how they communicate with students who have mental illnesses.

“I was so impressed by what the students and faculty are doing to help educate people about mental illness,” she said, referring to the HCDS’ Green Folder Initiative, which educates faculties about mental illnesses.

“Learn to walk in each other’s shoes … don’t forget to look into each other’s faces, don’t forget the power of two eyes looking into two other eyes, and don’t forget to listen to each other’s voices,” she said, concluding her acceptance speech.

Principal Woolf told the Journal why Close’s work with the Mental Health Working Group is beneficial.

“We are able to share ideas and best practices with the organization she founded,” he said.

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Senate

Suspension of admissions policy finalized New procedure recommends transparency and communication between deans and student body S ebastian L eck Assistant News Editor Senate has passed an official procedure for suspending academic programs, almost two years after the controversial suspension of the University’s Fine Arts program.

Passed in a motion on May 28, the final document sets recommendations for faculty deans, who will be given most of the decision-making responsibility.

It also sets a four-year time limit to suspensions, after which the Senate must make a decision to continue or cancel the program.

Prior to this new procedure, there was no official policy for suspending admissions to academic programs.

The Senate voted against a motion to remove the word

“recommended” from the procedure, so each dean will follow the guidelines according to his or her discretion.

“The Senate has stated that such decisions are best made by the responsible dean,” said Laeeque Daneshmend, the chair of the Senate Commission on Academic Development (SCAD).

The document was drafted by the 10 members of SCAD, who submitted it to the Senate in March 2013.

The SCAD included two undergraduate students and one graduate student.

Daneshmend said faculty deans are aware of the complexities behind a decision to suspend admissions, so they should be given the flexibility to use their own judgment.

The new policy sets steps for suspending admissions to programs.

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Education

Teacher’s college lengthened Ontario government to cut enrolment, extend program to two years in 2015 S ebastian L eck Assistant News Editor Earlier this month, the Ontario government announced sweeping changes to bachelor of education programs, but the University is in limbo as to how it will be affected.

On June 5, the Ministry of Education announced that teacher’s education programs will be extended to two years, while enrolment will be decreased by 50 per cent.

Teacher’s colleges across the province will collectively graduate 4,500 students each year instead of 9,000.

The Ministry also announced its plans to cut funding for teacher education programs by 20 per cent.

Despite this, the changes will not affect students currently in teaching degree programs, Gyula Kovacs, senior media relations and issues coordinator at the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, told the Journal in an email.

“This will allow students currently enrolled in the concurrent programs, or who enroll prior to 2015, to graduate with the existing two-semester program,” Kovacs said.

According to the Ministry, the changes are designed to address the oversupply of teacher graduates in Ontario.

Kovacs added that although universities have been graduating 9,000 students annually, there is only an average of 6,000 teaching positions open each year.

“The demand for teachers is currently decreasing as a result of declining pupil enrolment and lower retirement numbers,” he said.

Teacher’s colleges receive high per-student funding in comparison to other programs, the Kovacs added, so cutting funding will bring the teaching education in line with these programs.

The provincial government has been planning to double the length

According the Daneshmend, the deans should gather input from students and other affected parties before deciding to suspend admissions.

clear “thatIt became the process was

something much more complex than something that can be solved with a broad stroke of policy.

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— Lauren Long, CompSci ’13, member of the Senate Commission on Academic Development

“[The procedure] requires that all feasible alternatives to temporary suspension be explored,” he said.

If the dean decides to suspend admissions, he or she must explain the rationale behind the decision to students, Daneshmend said.

The intention is to make the procedure as transparent and consistent as possible across all faculties.

Lauren Long, CompSci ’13, worked on the first draft of the of the program since August 2011, they said.

According to Kovacs, the Ministry shared a detailed list of the proposed program elements with universities in the spring of 2012.

He also said the Ministry is currently developing revised expectations in collaboration with the Ontario College of Teachers.

Steve Elliott, the dean of the Faculty of Education, said funding cuts will complicate the transition process.

“The announced reduction in funding will challenge our already tight budget,” Elliott said.

However, he said Queen’s hasn’t yet been contacted about funding cuts.

According to Elliott, he wasn’t informed about the program details or the effects on concurrent education students.

“We don’t know if it will affect students currently in the [concurrent education] stream,” he said.“ That’s something we’re waiting on.”

procedure before reviewing it with the SCAD. She said she consulted with the Student Senate Caucus and the Fine Arts Department Student Council while designing the policy.

According to Long, the members of SCAD realized that each faculty had a variety of reasons and methods for suspending admissions.

She said this was motivation to keep the policy flexible.

“It became clear that the process was something much more complex than something that can be solved with a broad stroke of policy,” she said.

She said the procedure will improve communication between deans and students, which was a major problem during the suspension of the fine arts program in 2011.

“I believe that passing this recommended procedure was a great first step in starting the discussion,” Long said, “but more work needs to be done.”

She said the next steps are to address holes in the new procedure and develop a policy for closing down academic programs.

Lauren Anstey, PhD ’15, was the graduate student on the SCAD last year.

She said considerations of confidentiality also factored into the decision.

Examples of confidential circumstances given in the document include a staff member’s health problem and the loss of a professional license.

“If there were more prescribed steps to be followed, it wouldn’t allow for the same flexibility in circumstances where it needs to be confidential,” Anstey said.

However, if a dean doesn’t follow the recommendations, she said, the dean has to explain his or her reasoning to the Senate and the student body.

Anstey said she worries that the diversity of opinion meant the commission could not reach a firm conclusion.

However, SCAD may not be the best group to make those decisions, she said.

“I feel we had come as far as we could go with the procedure we put together.”

The University is waiting for the Ministry to send the program details, he said.

The faculty will be consulting with the Ministry of Education throughout the summer.

paying tuition each year.

Natalie Tsui, ConEd ’13, said she feels positive about the changes. She’s entering the teaching degree segment of her program this September.

“I think it’s fantastic,” she said.

Tsui said a two-year program will give students twice the number of placements hours. Placements allow teacher candidates to shadow experienced teachers and teach in a real classroom environment.

“I think students will be able to build a stronger relationship with the faculty,” she said.

Tsui said that the oversupply of teachers is a serious problem in Ontario.

She said she’s been advised by faculty staff to seek alternative routes, such as teaching internationally or in private schools, to avoid the Ontario job market.

“I can list 10 people I know [in education programs] off the top of my head who are going abroad to find work,” Tsui said.

The demand for “teachers is currently

decreasing as a result of declining pupil enrolment and lower retirement numbers.

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— Gyula Kovacs, spokesperson for the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

He said the transition to the new program will be smooth otherwise.

“The yearly tuition won’t change,” he said. “But students will pay twice the tuition since the program will be two years instead of one.”

The faculty budget and staff will not change either, he said, since the same number of students will be

Teacher’s college programs will be extended to two years in 2015 .

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Feature Sustainability

It’s not easy being green Ontario universities require deep pockets to reach sustainability goals B y E mily M iller Features Editor

money in a hundred years,” Midha said. “That’s not sexy or appealing.”

Despite the lack of excitement induced by technical changes in infrastructure, Midha stressed how Queen’s, as an educational institution, should play a large role in pioneering the latest innovations in environmental sustainability.

“Queen’s needs to be setting an example, setting a really, really high bar,” she said.

Eric Shoesmith, ArtSci ’13, and last year’s co-director of QBACC, said that students play a vital role in motivating this precedent of sustainable innovation. “[Students] must continually demand progressive environmental solutions on campus, especially considering our university’s fiscal constraints and that the goal for carbon neutrality is 27 years from now,” he said. “If we become complacent about sustainability, I worry that the CAP may end up becoming a document that just gathers dust on the shelf.”

Queen’s is well-poised to become one of Canada’s most sustainable university campuses. Rather, it would be, if money was no object.

According to sources, the University’s funding for sustainability investments is constrained, which could limit its ability to reach its long-term environmental goals. Aaron Ball, the University’s sustainability manager, was unavailable for comment on the matter.

One of the University’s long-term goals is carbon neutrality, which it has pledged to achieve by 2040, as outlined in its Climate Action Plan (CAP), drafted last year in partnership with the Delphi Group, a sustainability-focused consultancy firm.

The CAP maps out ways to increase Queen’s energy efficiency, including updating window panes to avoid heat escape, retrofitting older buildings with the latest in energy If we become efficient technology, and further complacent about investing in renewable energy sustainability, I worry sources. The plan also includes that the CAP may goals of greater environmental end up becoming a awareness within the Queen’s community, waste reduction and document that just cleaner means of transportation in gathers dust on and around campus. the shelf.

Nisha Midha, last year’s Media Director for Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change — Eric Shoesmith, former co-direcor of (QBACC), said that QBACC Queen’s Backing Action on was happy with the result of the Climate Change (QBACC) partnership with Delphi Group.

Last Spring, the student-run club successfully petitioned over Colin Robinson, commissioner 700 signatures to have the carbon of the environment and neutrality goal added into the sustainability for the AMS, said CAP. Should Queen’s meet this it would be false to claim the target, it will achieve net zero university’s administration doesn’t carbon emissions, eradicating its view environmental sustainability carbon footprint. as a priority.

According to Midha, ArtSci ’13, “Queen’s has so many financial the fact that Queen’s has these constraints. They have a whole lot goals signifies its environmental more on their plate, which gets in progressiveness as an institution. the way of pursing sustainability,” “They really have the right idea Robinson, ArtSci ’13, said. “The in mind: not just doing things to administration definitely does care. cut costs and look good from the They want to make a change in a outside,” Midha said. way that’s mutually reinforcing.”

Yet, sometimes the right idea “The university would do well comes with a price. to integrate sustainability in ways “There are always downfalls that aren’t going to be as financially to making a big, big commitment cumbersome,” he added. like that,” Midha said. “They’re Robinson said it’s difficult for an coming up to a standstill with older university like Queen’s to be funding this project.” as innovative as newer schools.

Midha added that the limited “A lot of Queen’s buildings visibility of progress on campus have historical building status, intensifies the challenge to so there are legal constraints maintain funds. to what you can do in terms of “As a university, it’s really tricky infrastructural retrofits.” to put all that money into it and While innovation may be more then not have a nice shiny gold difficult for schools with deeper label saying we’ve changed our roots, it isn’t impossible. piping system, which will save us Queen’s energy-conservation

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Queen’s saves on energy in its collaboration with Kingston General Hospital, at its cogeneration facility on King Street, just south of campus.

and waste-reduction initiatives are commended in this year’s Going Greener report, released at the beginning of June.

The report is the fourth update on the 2009 Ontario university presidents’ pledge, a commitment to developing comprehensive sustainability plans by Ontario’s post-secondary institutions. The update celebrates the progress of Ontario universities towards more sustainable campuses, despite budgetary constraints.

While the Ontario government imposes fiscal austerity on its province, the Going Greener report emphasizes how Ontarian universities are remaining committed to the environment by sourcing funding privately.

One of these schools is McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. “We’re looking at an ambitious plan,” said Mohamed Attalla, assistant vice-president of McMaster’s Facility Services.

Attalla elaborated on the University’s latest master plan to invest $22 million in energy conservation before 2020.

“We’re investing with the expectation that we’ll reduce energy [use] by 25 per cent in the next five years,” Attalla said.

According to Attalla, this will happen in one respect by further implementing McMaster’s solar thermal pre-heating system, which has been successfully piloted on a smaller scale, in heating the campus swimming pool.

The grandiose initiative, recently approved by McMaster’s board of governors, will be funded by the University and a sizeable loan from the Bank of Canada.

McMaster justifies the financial magnitude of this endeavour with the exponential reduction in operational costs anticipated to accompany this energy-conservation initiative. Such savings are expected to offset the financial pressures of McMaster’s institutional growth, according to Attalla.

“The entire university, at all levels, is very environmentally conscientious in its way of thinking,” he said.

In addition to procuring debt, Ontario’s universities are resorting to in-house fundraising to provide the necessary resources for the innovation that increased

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sustainability requires. spends close to one million This type of funding was dollars on energy each month. responsible for implementing the Thus, the province as a whole University of Guelph’s Community benefits from the vast university Energy Plan, which drastically campus’ energy conservation. reduced energy consumption on According to Henderson, UBC is Guelph’s campus in recent years progressing steadily towards its and continues to prevent more sustainability goals. than 1,000 metric tonnes of CO2 Its energy savings are tracked emissions, each year. by a Pulse Dashboard, located on Guelph’s Sustainability the UBC website, which provides Coordinator, Gillian Maurice, a real-time measurement of attributed the massive success energy savings at various of Guelph’s Community Energy campus buildings. This provides Plan to a common goal between the public with an illustration those behind their physical of the drastic differences that plant services and the school’s seemingly insignificant actions, student population. such as switching off the “Physical resources wanted to lights when leaving the room, save and they knew these were can have on a building’s good ideas, but didn’t have a lot of energy consumption. money. The student body wanted The Dashboard is being 100 per to do the right thing and made the cent funded by BC Hydro in its investment,” Maurice said. four introductory years of use.

Guelph students lobbied According to Henderson, for the induction of a student the timing aligned perfectly for fee directed specifically towards UBC when both BC Hydro energy-conservation projects, while and the university embraced the University vowed to match energy conservation as a the funds. top priority.

Considerable funding is We’ve made attempts necessary for universities to acquire the cutting-edge to create some innovation required to achieve dialogue, but the vast greater sustainability. Currently, majority of people are many Ontario universities rely on busy doing their own the donations of students, alumni, faculty, and in the case of things. We have to be McMaster, loans from Canada’s aware that a lot of central bank. people don’t support Government funding; however, our research. is not constrained nation-wide.

The University of British — Orion Henderson, Columbia (UBC) used provincial Director of Operational funding to catapult its campus Sustainability at UBC into the front-running of sustainable energy-usage.

According to UBC’s Director of And yet, despite being a leading Operational Sustainability, Orion institution of environmental Henderson, BC Hydro introduced sustainability in Canada, UBC irresistible incentives for reducing has yet to cultivate the energy use and adopting widespread awareness that energy-conserving practices, right Queen’s is aspiring to in its Climate around the time UBC began Action Plan. aiming to reduce its greenhouse “In honesty, I wonder how many gas emissions in the early 2000s. people really know about what we UBC has since partnered with do,” Henderson admitted. “We’ve crown corporation BC Hydro for a made attempts to create some program aimed to decrease carbon dialogue, but the vast majority emissions for the province as of people are busy doing their a whole. own things.”

BC Hydro’s incentives for “We have to be aware that a electricity conservation include lot of people don’t support subsidies for fully staffing the our research.”

University’s sustainability office.

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education

New Indigenous Studies program Minor will be offerred to students in the fall B y O livia B owden Assistant News Editor The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has decided to implement an Indigenous Studies program that will begin Sept. 13.

The program will aim to recruit more Aboriginal students and faculty, Gordon Smith, associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said.

Smith said that the program has been in talks for several years, and the idea was launched in 2011 during the University’s academic planning conference.

“A major theme in the planning was the development in indigenous studies across the University. It’s very timely that the University has brought this plan in with a broader university context,” he said.

A student would be able to complete the program as a minor, as part of a BA or BAH degree. The Senate approved the program in May of this year, the final stage that the program had to go through to become official.

Come September, it will start off with about 20 students enrolled.

“This is a distinctive program because it is being brought forward

and sponsored by Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre and the department of languages, literatures and cultures,” he said.

Smith said that different departments are currently putting forward courses that may be selected.

Language courses in Mohawk or Inuktitut have been confirmed as being offered.

Smith personally teaches a course on Indigenous music in North America, and plans to make it a part of the program Four Directions is a Queen’s organization that seeks to support Aboriginal students and to enhance the Queen’s Aboriginal community.

Ashley Maracle, the Aboriginal community liaison at Four Directions, said that it’s important that Queen’s recruit more Aboriginal students and faculty, and that the introduction of the Indigenous Studies program is a step in the right direction.

“Indigenous people are both the fastest growing population in Canada and the youngest,” she said. “As one of the leading institutions in Canada, Queen’s has the responsibility to encourage Aboriginal learners

Queen’s plans to introduce an Indigenous Studies program in the fall.

to participate and succeed in post-secondary education.”

The University has plans to recruit a Canada research chair in Indigenous Studies.

This recruitment process is done alongside the federal government, who jointly funds the position.

Janice Hill, the director of Four Directions, said that one of the

program’s main benefits would be that it informs the student body about Aboriginal issues and raises awareness.

“By creating a more informed Canadian society we may create an environment that is more conducive to equity for Aboriginal peoples and thereby create better and more relevant learning opportunities for

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Aboriginal people,” she said.

“Research shows that Aboriginal students are more likely to go where they see themselves reflected.”

“The Indigenous Studies program is one step in that direction.”

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Close awarded honorary Doctor of Laws for mental health work, calls it a “huge honour” Continued from page 1

Close congratulated the graduating life sciences and School of Graduate Studies classes of 2013 for their accomplishments, and

reflected on her past at the College of William and Mary, where she majored in theatre when she was 22.

“I also wanted to accept this honour on behalf of my whole

family,” she said.

She also accepted the award on behalf of the 32,000 members of the BringChange2Mind community.

Frequently recognized for her

acting, being awarded a Doctor of Laws is a huge honour, she told the Journal at the press conference.

“I love it that I am an honorary Doctor of Laws, having just played a lawyer for five years,

[my character] would be pleased,” she said.

Close played the character Patty Hewes in the TV series Damages.

She also played Cruella De Vil in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, and most recently played a man in the film Albert Nobbs.

When asked how Close’s work will affect students on campus, Principal Woolf said that she’s a valuable role model to the Queen’s community.

“Stigma can deter people from seeking help, and hearing someone as respected and admired as Glenn Close speak about seeking help … will ensure that the conversation will keep going,” he said.

For news as it happens, follow us on Twitter.

@QJnews Glenn Close accepted a Doctor of Laws honorary degree from Queen’s on June 13 in Grant Hall.

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Advancement, Principal Woolf apologize Continued from page 1

“Twelve to fifteen organizers were there, and when I turned around after setting it up everyone was looking very uncomfortable,” he said. “There was a lot of nail biting and looking up at the ceiling.

I understood then that they weren’t going to be into this.”

The organizers told Woodward that they had “serious concerns” about his artwork, and that it was “inappropriate.”

“They told me that they wanted work that was going to be inviting — something nice to look at for a nice background,” he said.

“They said the work needed to be taken down and I needed to leave by extension.”

Woodward said that he’d

presented this piece before, and some had found it “weird” whereas others had a very “positive” and “emotional” response to the artwork.

“I was expecting a variety of reactions,” he said. “I wasn’t expecting to be asked to take it down.”

Woodward explained what concepts this specific piece embodies.

“It’s an acknowledgement that I am fundamentally ruled by my emotions and how I feel in the moment.” He added the images and words embroidered on the underwear come from personal experiences.

“The work stems from

experiences which were grounded in ideals and subsequent fallacies of romantic attachment … experiences which left lots of questions and few answers, and at best revealed themselves to be teachers,” he said.

Woodward said that he was pleased with his choice of artwork to display.

“It is a good representation of my artistic practice, and it is work that I felt really happy with,” he said.

After the event, Woodward said he emailed Lisa Menard, the event’s organizer, to express his disappointment and anger with what happened.

Menard did not respond to

multiple interview requests from the Journal.

Woodward said that Menard then contacted Tom Harris, viceprincipal of advancement, who deals with alumni relations and fundraising.

Harris apologized to Woodward soon after the incident occurred.

In an e-mail to the Journal, Harris said the decision made by the organizers was wrong.

“I have engaged the Advancement staff in a discussion of why our decision was wrong,” he said. “Jan Allen, acting director

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Woodward pictured with the artwork he was told to remove from the Grant Hall Society’s donor event.

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AMS commissioner supports residence proposal Continued from page 1

Catherine Wright, AMS municipal affairs commissioner, said she supported the construction of these two buildings.

“The planned area is central to many of the other residences which helps to establish a community,”

she said.

She said the close proximity of Health, Counselling and Disability Services is a plus for students.

“Peer support is easy and accessible,” she said.

Public input gathered at

the meeting will be presented to the City later in the year, at which point Council will vote on whether to amend the zoning bylaw for the University.

of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, has also offered to help coach our staff so that we may build a sound approach for showcasing student artwork in the future.”

Woodward said that Harris has invited him to engage in talks with Advancement in order to ensure that this does not happen again.

He said that he was satisfied with Harris’ apology and his efforts to remedy the situation.

Principal Woolf also apologized to Woodward during the Bachelor of Fine Arts convocation ceremony in June.

Queen’s Chancellor David Dodge has announced he will not be seeking a third term after his current term ends in 2014.

David Dodge began his first term in 2008 after leaving his position as Governor of the Bank of Canada.

Dodge has a long history with Queen’s. After earning an economics degree from Queen’s in 1965, he worked as an assistant professor in the department of economics after finishing his PhD at Princeton in 1972.

He returned to Queen’s as Chancellor after working in the federal government as Deputy Minister of Finance, Minister of Health and the Governor of the Bank of Canada. Queen’s also granted him an honorary degree in 2002.

His accomplishments at Queen’s include his involvement in the restructuring of the Board of Trustees and his revision of convocation ceremonies.

He also raised awareness for the Initiative Campaign by promoting the campaign at special events.

The Executive Committee of University Council has given Principal Daniel Woolf permission to create an advisory committee to search for a new chancellor candidate.

The Council will vote on the

committee’s recommendation when it meets in fall 2013.

— Sebastian Leck

University Council revamped The University Council will undergo changes to its structure over the next four years.

The Council is responsible for the appointment of the Chancellor, the election of the Rector and the election of members to the Board of Trustees, and is one of the three highest governing bodies at Queen’s.

After a University Council decision through vote, the Council is said to reduce in size to fewer than 50 members by 2017, a significant decrease from its previous 228 members.

The Council voted 89-6 to “adopt new bylaws and enact significant reform.” The voting period took place during a 12-day period which ended this month.

Principal Woolf told the Journal how this change in size will benefit the group’s effectiveness.

“A smaller University Council … will allow for more engagement and participation among members,” he said.

The Council first put forward plans for a reform in 2010.

Woolf also suggested a risk in decreasing the group’s size, explaining that it may limit the diversity of the group. He told the Journal that with fewer voices, each member must be dedicated to issues at Queen’s.

The reform will take place during a four-year transition period, in which the size of the group will decrease as current councillors’ terms expire.

With a decrease in size, the change is expected to improve the Council’s relevance at Queen’s, Woolf added.

Alison Holt, chair of the University Council Reform Planning group, also told the University that a more focused Council structure will strengthen its relevance.

In 2011, the University’s Royal Charter was adjusted by the Parliament of Canada, allowing the Council to “determine its own composition and size.”

-— Abby Andrew

The University will go back to the drawing board after the two new proposed residences faced criticism.

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Dialogue

Editorials — The Journal’s perspective

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Mayor Mark Gerretsen’s immature exchanges on Twitter have not helped matters.

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City soils relations with students The vote to exclude students should put his best foot forward.

The mayor’s false assertion from census data has aggravated an already tenuous relationship that he knew that the past AMS between Queen’s students and the executive didn’t vote in the last municipal election (which he’s since City of Kingston.

There’s plenty of blame to go apologized for) is representative of around. The Mayor, Kingston City an overall dismissive attitude from Council, the AMS and Queen’s the City.

Like City Council, Queen’s students have each done their part students need to redouble their to make the situation worse.

Removing students from census efforts to engage in an active and data has resulted in a realignment reciprocal town-gown relationship. which eliminates Sydenham While Queen’s students are not District and greatly reduces the a homogenous group, many say that Queen’s students have in are fairly apathetic about municipal politics. city politics.

In this situation, the AMS is The AMS and the Society of Graduate and Professional Students partly responsible for student are right to appeal this decision inaction. Student leadership should to the Ontario Municipal Board. have made an issue over council’s Hopefully the appeal will be efforts to exclude students long successful as the City’s decision before they did. Students count on their representatives to foresee seems discriminatory.

While the vast majority of potential conflicts and lobby Queen’s students don’t live in effectively on their behalf. eaghan ray With so much at stake, the AMS Kingston full-time, the actions taken by Kingston’s City Council should have been more proactive, encourage students to completely but the overall problem rests disregard their responsibilities to with the City leadership’s attitude the City of Kingston. If Queen’s towards students.

The issue is compounded students are not treated as a constituency, then how can the city as student say in municipal have high expectations regarding politics will be greatly reduced if A sexual taboo now surrounds council gets their way. Nobody words like "vagina" and "breasts". student behaviour?

Mayor Mark Gerretsen’s likes student apathy, and these My generation has trouble even immature exchanges on Twitter boundary changes will surely saying these words aloud. have not helped matters. If the perpetuate it.

Recently, I was on an American mayor wants to reach out to Airlines flight watching an — Journal Editorial Board episode of Parks and Recreation students on social media then he and the aforementioned words were censored. employment Censorship is a way of protecting the public from words and images that can cause harm. However, words like "vagina" and "breasts" represent body parts — they aren’t It’s not surprising that unpaid internships forego income for verbal weapons, inappropriate internships are on the rise — the extended periods of time. As such, economy is still slow and young being an unpaid intern is not a graduates are desperate for jobs practical choice for those from News organizations in particular and work experience. low-income families. This is a critical need employees from a variety The unpaid internships that problem with the status quo; it of backgrounds. arise from these conditions can be exacerbates inequality in the Making sure that companies mutually beneficial, but the status job market. pay their interns minimum wage quo is unacceptable.

Internships are an essential would undoubtedly mean fewer Young workers need greater experience when starting a career internship opportunities. Still, protection. Canadian interns in fields such as politics, fashion society has a duty to protect should consider following the or journalism. People from young workers from exploitation. example set by groups of unpaid low-income families are already A single reference on a resume interns in the United States who severely underrepresented in these is not sufficient compensation for have recently filed lawsuits against fields. More than just a question a young person who has given up their employers. of inequality, unpaid internships months or years of their time. That Those who take unpaid are a question of perspective. said, strict enforcement could be

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or vulgar.

The same week as my flight, a photo of a breastfeeding toddler and his mother was removed from Facebook for violating the website’s policies. The group where the photo was posted — Breastfeeding Mama Talk — was subsequently banned for 24 hours.

When an influential social platform like Facebook allows for groups and photos that encourage the objectification of women’s bodies and discourage a positive and educational understanding of them, there is no question that perceptions of women and sexuality will be affected.

An open letter to Facebook, published by holistic parenting website MotherWise on March 11, questioned the double standard.

The letter pointed out that Facebook removes pictures of breastfeeding mothers and educational diagrams of the vagina but allows groups like “Let’s Expose These Hoes” and “Big Boobs and Sex” to remain.

A clear message is being sent here,

that it’s unacceptable to look upon women’s bodies in terms of female empowerment and education. If a photo or its context doesn’t tend to male sexual desire or fantasy, it’s inappropriate.

This concept is nothing new, but in an age coloured by feminism and sexual freedom, this ideology is obviously backwards.

Our censorship of body parts has created a damaging over-sexualization of the female body. The breast is no longer a breast — it’s now, in all contexts, pornographic.

Facebook should not be marking the female body as pornographic.

Censoring breastfeeding and educational diagrams while allowing overtly misogynist content sends the wrong signal to its many users.

costly and ineffective and would require new legislation. Luckily, alternative measures are available.

Governments could subsidize companies that pay their interns and educational institutions could compensate students for the time they spend as interns.

These initiatives would ensure that interns are properly compensated without reducing the amount of opportunities.

No matter the chosen remedy,

young people must take the lead on this issue. They’re the ones directly affected as they’re the individuals that compete for internships. Young people should do their best to “level the playing field” at the critical transition point between education and work, as many of their peers face financial constraints.

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Talking heads

Opinions — Your perspective

... around campus Photos By Erin Sylvester

How do you feel about unpaid internships?

Our panelists debate who should be allowed to occupy these seats in the Senate.

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“They’re a good idea because you get experience, if you have enough money.”

Panel — Senate Reform

Sober second thought, rethought

Mia Sutherland, ConEd ’16

Our panelists discuss the future for Canada’s upper house in light of recent scandals Accountability Needed

Charting a New Course

Weather the Storm

“Better than no internship.”

Saad Ali, Sci ’15 Forrest Donaldson, ArtSci ’ 14

David Carpenter, ArtSci ‘14

Samantha Friedland, ArtSci ’15

Being a senator in Canada is a relatively easy and safe job: you’re not elected, you have a big paycheck and it’s difficult to get fired. The question, then, is: how have so many people managed to mess it up?

Ottawa is on the verge of a political revolution. Politicians and citizens are “I think experience is really important, paid or not.” in an uproar about the greed and injustice that surrounds the Canadian Senate, constantly bickering back and Lucy Vorobej, ConEd ’13 forth about whether to completely abolish it or reform it. Although both sides make valid arguments, neither come to the right solution, which would be a compromise between a reformed Senate and a traditional one.

In light of recent scandals, from Nigel Wright’s $90,172 payout to Mike Duffy, to other unreasonable expenses

by Senators Pamela Wallin, Mac Harb and Patrick Brazeau, many have concluded that the Senate is corrupt and “It’s not fair because companies are getting free work.” needs to be abolished. Others are advocating for reform into a Triple-E Senate — which stands for Turki Almangah, ArtSci ’13 “elected, equal and effective.” While both of these ideas are revolutionary, they won’t actually solve any problems.

The Canadian Senate desperately needs If the ongoing expense scandals to be introduced to the concept of involving senators Mike Duffy, representative democracy.

Patrick Brazeau, Mac Harb and However, the recent Duffy/Wright scandal Pamela Wallin have taught us is not bringing out the best arguments anything, it’s that the Canadian from those, like myself, who demand a Senate is in dire need of reform. shiny new Senate. Creating an elected The notion that at least four senators Senate or simply giving up and thought it was acceptable to use abolishing the entire institution will not public funds for inappropriate housing solve the Duffy problem, or the Mac and travel expense claims is Harb problem, and would do little to proof that the current format is end the more minor blights of Patrick Brazeau not working. and Pamela Wallin.

While members of Parliament While more drastic overhauls of tend to lose their jobs over similar the Senate have been proposed over abuses of taxpayers’ money (such the last several months, these as former Conservative MP Bev solutions would do little to solve Oda’s $16 glass of orange juice), the faults revealed in recent scandals, senators like Mike Duffy can get which demonstrate that senators, away with over $90,000 in claims and to a lesser extent MPs, for bogus housing expenses shy away from accountability in and remain a senator provided their handling of public funds. Any the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff broader constitutional changes to fronts them the cash. the Senate would be hollow victories Most people would call that as neither abolition nor elections unacceptable behaviour, but how should would end the abuses of taxpayer funds we, the Canadian people, express

by Parliamentarians. our displeasure if the Senate remains A more democratic institution an appointed body?

Some would not stop the likes of Duffy, have argued that the Senate Brazeau, Harb or Wallin from entering it, has outlived its usefulness and should if they chose to run. In fact, be abolished (the NDP, for many senators, including Harb instance) but such action Politicians and citizens and Brazeau, have previously held serves only to diminish the quality are ... constantly bickering elected positions. of democracy in this country rather back and forth about Much worse, an elected Senate would than bolster it. whether to completely abolish do little to keep senators accountable reform [the Senate]. on a day-to-day basis if current While members of Parliament or rules and procedures were allowed tend to lose their jobs to remain.

The Triple-E Senate argument is over similar abuses of taxpayers’ based on the idea that if senators Neither abolition nor elections money ... senators like Mike are elected, they will be more would end the abuses Duffy can get away with over conscientious. Furthermore, this advocates equal seats divided of taxpayer funds $90,000 in claims for bogus concept among provinces. by Parliamentarians. housing expenses ... how should Although a Triple-E Senate would we, the Canadian people, increase democratic accountability, many our displeasure voters and politicians still advocate for Many of the more troubling aspects express the Senate remains the abolition of the Senate. Although of the Senate expense scandal, such as if party-controlled committees and the an appointed body? support for abolition has recently abuse of taxpayer-funded accounts, been increasing, but it’s too drastic to be can all be found in the House of The purpose of the Senate is to act a realistic change.

Commons as well. as the house of sober second thought, Abolition of the Senate would be Members of Parliament are given a check on the lower chamber too extreme because it would require significant leeway to spend public money and the legislation it passes. our entire political structure to See on on page 8

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on their offices and travel. The body required to ensure these funds are not misused is the Board of Internal Economy, the twin to the Senate’s internal economy committee (currently under fire for its secretive and ineffective practices).

MPs brought forward for abuses get the benefit of a closed session, robbing their constituents of the opportunity to learn the extent of their misspending. Unless the system is changed, there’s nothing to suggest that this would not happen in an elected Senate.

Abolition may solve the problem of senators misbehaving, but it does little to rectify the cracks in parliamentary accountability that the bumblings of the Senate have revealed.

It would do nothing to make the equally secretive House Board of Internal Economies open its doors.

Even the stalwart defenders of abolition, the NDP, have recently begrudgingly admitted their preference for constructing rules for MP’s expenses inside the anything-but-transparent Board rather than on the House floor, while decrying similar practices in the Senate.

Surely the fact that abuses are occurring is of greater significance than whether those abusers were elected or not.

Despite adding no new measures of accountability, abolition would ironically lessen it by removing a vital tool for the review of legislation and a potential check on the already bloated PMO’s power to force legislative agendas through the lower house.

The winds of change should sweep through the Senate. It should one day be elected to increase the scope of Canadian democracy. But election or abolition is not the silver bullet it appears to be on first inspection.

Canadians should fix the immediate problems of accountability before rushing towards the more exciting possibilities of constitutional reform.

All scandals aside, the Senate is still that body, but it must be reformed in order for it to do its job effectively.

First, senators must be held accountable to the Canadian people in elections just as they are in the American system, but their terms ought to be eight years, not six. Furthermore, senators shouldn’t be elected during general elections so that the risk of the Senate resembling a mirror image of the House of Commons is reduced.

Their eight year terms exist to serve this purpose because the election dates for senators will never overlap with those of MPs under normal circumstances.

What good is requiring two houses to pass legislation if one is merely a carbon copy of the other, acting as nothing more than a glorified rubber stamp to bill after bill? The role of the Senate is to provide a counterweight against the House of Commons — to review proposed bills and amend them accordingly.

On top of separate election dates, this issue can be mitigated further by removing parties from the Senate and forcing all senators to run as independents. The existence of parties in the House of Commons makes sense because it allows members to coalesce around particular values, but the Senate need not be so partisan.

Senators should not be a part of this faction or that faction, nor should they be the mouthpieces for specific parties.

Instead, their primary interest must be to serve Canadians by curtailing the power of the House of Commons, regardless of their political leanings.

change. Canada’s government would no longer have a balance between an elected parliament and an appointed Senate, which allows the government to have second thoughts about its decisions after the initial pass through the House of Commons.

The Senate is a necessary institution, because it ensures the stability of our government, and without it members of Parliament would do whatever was necessary to satisfy voters, ultimately creating chaos.

The Triple-E Senate isn’t a viable option of reform because having a non-elected Senate is important. Senators aren’t afraid of making unpopular decisions that may benefit the country but would dissatisfy voters.

Furthermore, the equality segment of this plan — ensuring the same number of seats to every region — isn’t plausible. It makes sense that regions with larger populations have more seats.

Although a complete change would be too drastic, some changes can be made to ensure that we aren’t plagued by more scandals.

The Supreme Court can impose more rules and regulations on the Senate to lessen the chances of abuse of power.

Senators can also be evaluated periodically so that they’re not in their positions indefinitely.

Small changes allow people time to adapt to new regulations without going into shock. Abolition of the Senate could very well lead to uncertainty and recklessness within our government, whereas a huge reform would lead to confusion and animosity.

The Senate now has to be realigned as a balancing act of power, trust, justice and responsibility — finding a compromise between full reformation and its original nature.

Forrest Donaldson is a third-year history and political studies student.

David Carpenter is a third-year history and political studies medial.

Samantha Friedland is a second-year philosophy major.

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SENATE BY THE NUMBERS There are 105 seats in the Canadian Senate.102 seats are currently filled.

There are: - 60 Conservatives - 35 Liberals - 7 Independents Senators serve until age 75.

Total amount of the cheque given to Senator Mike Duffy by Nigel Wright to repay expenses: $90,172.

Amount Senator Mac Harb has been asked to repay: $231,649.

Ontario and Quebec have 24 seats each, while the territories have one apiece.

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have 10 seats, while Newfoundland, Saskatchewan, BC, Manitoba and Alberta have six. PEI has the fewest of any province at four.

Four senators have recently been audited for travel and living expense claims.

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Arts The drum circle group plays an ecclectic assortment of instruments, like cow bells and lutes.

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Community

Drumming to unity A local drum circle aims to create a community through music S ebastian L eck Assistant News Editor His eyes were closed, his hands beating his drum. Julian Gregory, the organizer of Kingston’s weekly drum circle, was immersed in the music.

It wasn’t long before I, too, was experiencing the same passion.

Every Sunday, people of all backgrounds come to Kingston’s City Park to form a drum circle.

Djembe drums from Ghana, Middle Eastern doumbeks, tambourines, shakers and a host of other percussion instruments all contribute to the sounds of this communal jam session.

On Sunday, June 16, unlike other Sundays, a larger group of approximately 15 people joined in

for the two-hour drum circle.

I originally planned to observe the event from the sidelines, and perhaps shake a tambourine if I was feeling particularly adventurous.

I had never played drums before and worried that I wouldn’t keep up with more experienced musicians.

But, given the inclusive atmosphere of the circle, I forgot about my original reservations and was invited to join in.

Gregory established the growing drum circle in Kingston last June, but has spent the last 18 as a drummer.

He created his first drum circle in Ottawa and has since established drum circles in several cities he’s lived in since.

The central instrument, the djembe drum, originates in West

Africa. Gregory spent a year in Ghana and said this influenced his decision to start a drum circle in Kingston.

The circle was rained out, forcing us to Ben’s Pub where, according to a fellow drummer, the enclosed space enhances the sound of the drums. It was a cozy venue and the attendees varied greatly in age.

Gregory told me he sees the drum circle as a way to bring people together, as well as a creative outlet for the less musically-inclined.

Anyone can join the circle, and fortunately for me, there’s no drumming experience required.

“It’s basically unity,” he said.

“You can just come and grab an instrument and play, so it’s really about building community.”

He invited me to take a drum.

Despite struggling to keep up with the beat, I gradually became

An attendee carries her djembe drum, a popular instrument which originates in Ghana.

engrossed in the rhythm and the movements of my hands.

My doubts slipped away, and I felt an exhilarating rush. I sensed I was sharing some indescribable thing with this group of strangers, something intimate and deeply human.

Gregory’s enthusiasm for the event was echoed by other drummers.

James Thomas, one attendee, said he wasn’t initially inclined to play music.

“That was intriguing to me, to be able to play music and express myself,” he said. “I think it’s something we all want but are afraid to do it.”

Although it was only his second time at the drum circle, he felt it was a space free from judgement of others. He began to dance to the beat, and his enjoyment

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was contagious.

Indeed, once the drums reach a climax, it’s hard to think of anything else. I was consumed by the music and by the infectious atmosphere of the drum circle.

Kelsey Jensen, another attendee, said that it’s a place where people can meet and share a mutual love of music.

Music solidifies friendships, she said, and allows us to meet people we wouldn’t otherwise.

“No one cares, but in a good way,” Jensen said. “No one cares who you are or where you come from.”

In the summer, the drum circle meets at City Park every Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Throughout the winter, the group meets at Ben’s Pub every Sunday from 8 to 10 p.m.

Music Preview

Tragedy meets trajectory A fateful brain injury sends Jon Davis down a new career path B y M eaghan Wray Arts Editor

Davis has an varied background in musical theatre and visual art.

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It takes a certain type of person to make a serious head injury positive.

Jon Davis, a Montreal-based singer-songwriter and artist, did just that.

In 2006, after two years as the lead role in a Canadian musical theatre production Till We Meet Again, Davis suffered an accident that left him unable to grace the stage. He was forced to bow out of his role.

He spent six months of intensive recovery putting together his debut album Golden Hue which features a song inspired by the event itself, “Traumatic Head Injury.”

Davis said he’d been struggling with a hard decision between remaining in a successful musical theatre career or pursuing music, which was where his passions truly were.

For him, a potentially negative

situation became a blessing in disguise.

“I started working on my album, which is what I really wanted to do anyways,” Davis said. “It forced me to do it because it was the only thing I could do.”

Davis, whose first entrance into the professional art scene began with a college diploma in fine arts, has broken the boundaries between a painter’s canvas and a pianist’s hands with his second and most recent album, Open Shore.

His well-rounded background, from classically-trained musician to fine arts graduate, shines through in this 11-track album.

The emotional depth in his music makes it clear why his personal musical muses are Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake.

For this musician, assembling an album is much like the composition of a painting, in which the colours and textures work off each other, not unlike

the songs that make an album.

“I was taught to look at artwork visually … to get a visual composition that made sense,” he said. “I think I transferred that into music when I started doing music.”

Davis isn’t new to Kingston.

He’s played at The Mansion four times and participated in their Indie Lounge Series.

This is, however, his first time co-headlining, which he’ll be doing alongside Spencer Evans.

While he thinks in colour, he also lives in the moment.

“I’m not making a lot of money as a musician and maybe I could be screwed in five years as a result,” he said. “It doesn’t matter because right now is good. That’s what’s important.”

Jon Davis will performing on June 26 at The Mansion.

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The SmART way Art bursaries help youth attend summer camp B y K ate S hao Assistant Arts Editor Through a unique bursary program, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (AEAC) is helping nine youth push artistic boundaries at their art camp.

The program consists of three week-long camps for participants aged eight to 16 and will run throughout July. To coincide with the exhibition, Critical Mass: The Sculpture of Shayne Dark, the camps will focus on sculpture.

“The main objective is to give participants an exposure to art-making that is beyond what they get in their classrooms,” said Patricia Sullivan, the public programs officer at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.

The internationally-recognized sculptor Shayne Dark will take residency at the MacLachlan Woodworking Museum in Kingston for six weeks.

Students will have the opportunity to see an artist at work and thus improve their visual literacy, said Sullivan.

Despite having only been around for the past three years, the program is able to offer Kingston youth something new.

“I think what makes Summer SmARTs unique is that it’s artist-led,” she said. “I hire local professional artists to develop the program and run it.”

Along with the professional artists, Queen’s students are also able to take part.

The AEAC hired two students, Claire Pierce and Lauren Mathieson, both ArtSci ’14, through the Summer Work Experience Program. During the camps, the two students will act as counsellors to

facilitate the activities and aid the local artists.

Another aspect that makes the AEAC’s summer camp distinct is that it offers grants and bursaries to its participants.

Sullivan said she’s pursued various grants in order to offer the program to the community at highly discounted rates or entirely free. This year, nine participants will be receiving these bursaries.

“It’s been part of my goal for the program that it be accessible to participants of all economic categories,” she said.

The AEAC reviews applicants individually and considers the financial income of the family when choosing who will receive a bursary.

To recruit participants, they advertise broadly and consult community organizations, such as Children’s Aid Society.

This process has turned out positive results. With several participants returning for their third year, the commitment to the program demonstrates how beneficial it has been.

A recent participant and current Queen’s student is a testament to that.

“We experimented with different mediums and you don’t get to do much of that in high school,” said Shelly Stone, ArtSci ’16, who participated in Summer SmARTs in July 2011.

Stone was encouraged to participate in the program by an art teacher while she was a student at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute. “[The program is a] great opportunity to get out and meet people who share some same interests, and to experiment,” she said.

Claire Pierce and Lauren Mathieson, both ArtSci ’14, are counsellors with Summer SmARTs through the Summer Work Experience program.

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Literature

Page turners for the summer season A ready-made list of the Journal staff’s personal favourites for summertime reading at your fingertips Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Lolita is a disturbing tale about a middle-aged man’s obsession with a 12-year-old schoolgirl. While the plot details can be gruesome, Nabokov creates a narrative that’s filled with delicate prose. This isn’t exactly a light summer read, but it’s enough to make you appreciate poetic language.

— Janina Enrile Unsure of what to read this summer? Look no further.

b y J oUrnaL S taFF We have all, at some point, promised ourselves a fruitful and educational summer of reading.

Whether our reading list consists of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice or Harper Lee’s classic To Kill a Mockingbird, our student selves often resent the novels pushed on us from a course syllabus.

Instead of feeling the pressure this summer, spend your free time delving into what the Journal staff think are worthwhile summer reads.

A Nation Worth Ranting About by rick Mercer This novel is a compiled collection of Mercer’s favourite rants, as well as a few reflections on the impact of said rants. He also touches upon his day spent with Rick Hanson, a Canadian Paralympian and an

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activist for people with spinal cord injuries. This book will make you a better citizen.

— Erin Sylvester

The Best of Down Goes Brown: Greatest Hits and Brand New Classics-to-Be from Hockey’s Most Hilarious Blog by sean McIndoe Ottawa-based hockey blogger McIndoe provides a great read for any fan of the sport. A satirical look at all things NHL, The Best of Down Goes Brown is a mix of McIndoe’s best blog posts and new content. A highlight of the book is the final piece, in which McIndoe explains to his son what being a sports fan is truly all about.

— Sean Sutherland

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain A basic understanding of Hemingway’s works will enhance The Paris Wife, but is certainly not required to fully enjoy it. This work is a fictionalized account of the real-life relationship between Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley. This novel could be of particular interest to Queen’s students, as at one point in the novel he travels to Kingston Penitentiary to write a story about an escaped convict.

unique, fantastic and very believable tale of this troubled boy’s life in terms of education, friendships and interpersonal growth.

— Anisa Rawhani Run With the Hunted: a Charles Bukowski Reader edited by John Martin

This compilation is a unique way to get familiarized with Charles Bukowski’s work while taking a glance into his personal life as he struggles with alcohol abuse and poverty. Martin has compiled the works in chronological order to map out Bukowski’s life, using his poetry, prose and short stories. It’s a read that

the reader must emotionally invest in.

— Meaghan Wray The Way the Crow Flies

by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Set on a Royal Canadian Air Force base in the 1960s, this work is a fictionalized perspective of the Steven Truscott case — one that had a 14-year-old boy convicted of murder, and then acquitted of the crime more than 40 years later.

While the subject matter is unsettling, and at times tragic, it’s a captivating read for those interested in Canadian military history.

— Alison Shouldice

— Megan Scarth

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by stephen Chbosky A novel advertised as a coming-of-age story is, in reality, so much more than that. Written entirely in letter format with seemingly simplistic language, the novel takes a bit of getting used to. Simply put, it’s a

concerts

Sting went back to bass-ics Sumner fought to engage the crowd at his Kingston stop last Tuesday b y Vincent b en M atak News Editor Walking into the K-Rock Centre on Tuesday night was like entering a time warp.

Crowds of middle-aged couples

came to see celebrated musician Sting, stopping first to collect their wristbands and then rushing anxiously, yet composedly, to their seats as if they were late for church.

The Back to Bass tour follows the release of two compilation

albums, 25 Years and The Best of 25 Years, celebrating Sting’s 25-year-long solo run.

Gordon Sumner lived up to status as 80s English music god Sting — but the crowd was subpar, and the singer knew it throughout his performance.

The 61-year-old singer sported a plain blue t-shirt, black skinny jeans and black boots. He had the body of a high school track star, and his vocal performance reflected it.

The set wasn’t made to impress — there were no fancy lights or any other visual accompaniment — only the band to compliment Sumner’s vocal perfection with their own

Sting played to an older crowd at the K-Rock Centre on June 18, a stop part of his Back to Bass tour.

soulful brilliance.

Sitting in a corner booth with a bird’s eye view, at least three quarters of the audience didn’t get up from their seats during the first half of the show.

Three times the singer went out of his way to engage the crowd, chatting about his house, and even blowing snot into a cloth and laughing about it.

Beginning with “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You”, “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” and “An Englishman in New York”, Sting’s performance mirrored the crowd’s seemingly awed, yet stifled behaviour. It was routine.

That all changed toward the second half, when, after a few calls for engagement from the audience, Sumner fired up his act and let his

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musical zest shine.

The singer admitted he “doesn’t even know how many times he’s played” his hit “Roxanne”, which he performed closer to the end of the concert Nearing the end, Sumner relinquished the spotlight to his fellow musicians, giving them each a chance to display their unique talents in solo performances.

Back-up vocalist Jo Lawry’s solo stood out — her piercing vocal talent in combination with a misty white spotlight created a hauntingly beautiful performance.

At the show, Sumner performed 21 songs, ending with “Every Breath You Take” and “Fragile.”

But the show wasn’t just about Sting — it was a cooperative gig. In my opinion, that was the best part.

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Products to bring out the artist in you Applications on select devices allow everyday users to participate in the global arts community b y M eaghan Wray Arts Editor Choosing the best smartphone applications can be a daunting process, especially if you want to conserve memory while making full use of the product. Some of us, if not all of us, also look for functionality and information.

These five different applications focus on everything arts-related, from music to literature. Here’s the best part — they’re all free for you to try out yourself.

Band of the Day: If you’re always looking out for new bands, or bored with your current playlists, this application was made for you. Each day of the week, there’s a newly-discovered band listed, a preview of their music to hear and a short bio on the musicians — new music at your fingertips.

Available on: iPhone, iPad Digital theatre: This application promises “the best of British theatre available to the world.” The interface makes it easy to select a production, which presents the synopsis, trailer and cast list. The catch? You have to make an account and purchase a full viewing of productions.

Available on: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Goodreads: This incredible application does it all. You can scan the barcode of books you

find at the store to read and write reviews, or add it to your to-read book list. It offers the options of downloading eBooks, tracking your reading progress, joining literature groups or exploring a virtual library of literature at your fingertips.

Available on: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android (future release) shazam: This impressive technological feat allows its users, with the click of a button, to know the name of any song playing within the room. Once it recognizes the song, it stores it in your tags and pairs it with album art. It also has a map feature that allows you to view songs currently playing on the radio in your area. As if those features aren’t enough, users can also see what their friends have tagged.

Available on: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Windows Phone, Windows 8, Blackberry, Nokia

The Walkmen’s latest album Heaven is reportedly their most talented work to date.

sketchBookX: Welcome to every visual artist’s dream — a virtual sketchpad. With the ability to undo all of your drawings, there’s no risk of wasting paper. The user can choose between a variety of sketching tools and colours. An erase tool is offered, as well as the option of drawing with a mirror effect.

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Singing themselves sick The Walkmen’s new album reaffirms their new confidence

Sometimes, it’s okay to judge an album by its cover. The Walkmen’s newest album Heaven is one of those cases.

The Walkmen hail from both New York City and Philadelphia and originally formed in 2000 with Paul Maroon, Walter Martin and Matt Barrick of the band Jonathan Fire*Eater. The two others, Peter Bauer and Hamilton Leithauser, were both originally from the group The Recoys.

Although the album was released on May 29, 2012, its contents remain relevant as Stereogum rated it the second-best album of that year.

This may sound a bit pretentious, but an album won’t succeed in charming its way into my heart if the goods on the inside aren’t matched on the outside.

I’m certainly the sort of person who appreciates album artwork almost as much as what’s beyond it.

Opening a new album is an experience in itself. It either sets the stage for what’s to come, or is entirely misleading. It’s the packaging, the material, the artwork and colour scheme that first catch my eye.

For this particular album, the artwork manufactured a foundation for the tone of the musical collection.

Full of old, muted, nearly black and white photos that mimic a family album, I was immediately intrigued.

After 10 dedicated years this band has been together, and according to their most recent biography, it seems like The Walkmen have come into their own with their coming-of-age confidence

in album-form.

From my perspective, a true musician is also a storyteller, and The Walkmen do nothing less but accomplish this with Heaven.

After once questioning the bands existence through their fourth album’s single track “In The New Year”, this album seems to trump all previous hesitancies.

The first song, “We Can’t Be Beat”, on their 13-track masterpiece is also arguably their strongest lyrically and musically.

“The world is ours,” front man Hamilton Leithauser croons, while the band doo-wops behind him. And it certainly is.

The band plays songs of love and friendship, both lost and nonexistent, but in a way that is far from patronizing.

In their fifth track, and my personal favourite, “Southern Heart”, Leithauser questions, “Tell me again how you love all the men you were after,” a very relevant question in an age where the concept of love is dying.

Then moving on to “Dreamboat”, he declares, “I left you a million times, the irony ain’t lost on me.”

The irony of indecisive love isn’t lost on us, either.

With their seventh track “Song for Leigh”, it is clear they really are singing “themselves sick” and don’t plan on bowing out anytime soon.

The band is currently touring around Europe, with stops at the Polish musical festival OFF, Electric Picnic in Ireland and End of the Road Festival in England before returning to the United States in early September.

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Underwood appears in Canadian victory B y N ick Faris Sports Editor Dreary skies, chippy play and unsafe seating couldn’t spoil Liam Underwood’s return to Kingston.

The Gaels men’s rugby star continued his rapid ascent up the ranks of the Canadian senior men’s national team, playing the final quarter of Canada’s 36-27 win over Tonga at Richardson Stadium on June 8.

Underwood dressed as a substitute for the Tonga match after making his first career international start three days earlier.

The tight match schedule has forced Canadian head coach Kieran Crowley to rotate his reserves through the 15-man

lineup, allowing young players like Underwood to gain ample international experience.

“I think I’ve competed pretty hard,” Underwood said. “It’s only my second year with [the national team], and I think training, everything’s been going pretty well.”

Underwood toured as a reserve with the national side last summer and led Queen’s to their 19th OUA championship back in November. Since then, he’s suited up in five games for Canada.

“Liam’s growing huge — he’s a young talent,” said Canadian captain Aaron Carpenter. “He’ll be back, and he’s got a long future ahead of him. We’re looking forward to seeing more of him.”

RECRUITING

The art of the hockey rebuild Gaels coach harnesses championships to stay in contention year after year B y S ean S utherland Assistant Sports Editor Two OUA titles in three seasons have made recruiting a little easier for Matt Holmberg.

The women’s hockey head coach used the exposure and prestige that comes with championships to help restock his team in both 2011 and 2013.

After veteran-heavy teams captured banners in those years for Queen’s, he was forced to replace graduating players with large numbers of recruits.

Holmberg sees the Gaels’ consistent success as a selling point, acknowledging that players want to play for a winning team.

“Whenever you’re recruiting someone, to be able to say you’ve been able to win two championships in the last years is always a nice recruiting feather in our cap,” he said.

This year, the team added nine new recruits to offset the loss of seven graduating players, an upheaval only seen in the university game. Unlike pro sports, university teams must constantly rebuild as there’s a five-year playing limit for athletes.

“It is important, if we want to stay consistently in the top four in the OUA, to make sure we’re recruiting as well as possible,” Holmberg said.

To get on the recruiting trail, Holmberg will start looking at a player as early as two years prior

to their entrance into Queen’s.

He attends Provincial Women’s Hockey League games or the Ontario Under-18 camp to scout the top tier of girls’ hockey.

At the same time, many prospective recruits contact Holmberg personally to express an interest in attending Queen’s.

The coach is also willing to travel all over Canada to get See Best on page 15

Underwood’s homecoming came in front of 3,382 spectators — a number diminished by a May report that deemed Richardson Stadium’s east and west upper bleachers to be unsafe.

Last June, 7,521 fans watched Canada top the United States in international play at Richardson.

This year, metallic barriers blocked off the upper stands on both sides of the field, separating red and white clusters of fans from the condemned tricolour bleachers that loomed above.

Despite the reduced capacity, several players voiced their appreciation for the Kingston crowd. The Tonga fixture was one of three games played in Canada during this year’s Pacific Nations Cup, a five-team international tournament.

“We knew every time we’re in front of Canadian fans, they’ll be our 16th man, and they were loud After Tonga was reduced to 14 men for sparking a See Speed on page 15

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34th-minute melee, Canada erupted for three quick tries in the second half.

SOCCER

Striker goes national Tessier cracks Canadian squad for world university games B y R achel H erscovici Features Editor Jackie Tessier nearly missed her chance to play for Canada.

The Gaels women’s soccer star is currently gearing up to represent Canada in the 2013 Summer

Jackie Tessier scored 54 goals in 69 career games for Queen’s, leading the team to two straight national crowns.

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Universiade in Kazan, Russia next month — even though she missed the initial tryouts because of her work with Queen’s Musical Theatre’s Sweeney Todd.

Fortunately for Tessier, Canadian head coach Liz Jepsen had seen her play a number of times before.

After the striker contacted Jepsen to remain in consideration, she was invited to brave the four-day final camp in British Columbia.

One of her biggest challenges in tryouts was getting accustomed to Team Canada’s stylistic difference in play. Queen’s, she said, plays with two strikers, while Canada opts for three.

“The way that I had to play at tryouts was very different, but even with that, I understood the game better and I was a much more experienced player,” Tessier said. “I was able to kind of switch my mentality and shift into that system.”

Tessier was a part of Team Canada’s preliminary camp two years ago, but was cut at the second-last tryout.

“One of the big things in tryouts was I actually scored goals this year,” she said.

Tessier’s maturity and experience were crucial assets, as was the understanding of the game she developed through four years

playing on the Gaels varsity team.

“By the time we got to British Columbia, any player that was there deserved to be there,” Tessier said. “You just have to play your game and hope they need you.”

After suiting up for Canada, Tessier said she’d jump at the opportunity to play professionally — but her realism gets the best of her.

“I think this is pretty much my last push for soccer, so I’m going to give it my best.”

While she’s gearing up in red and white this summer, Tessier still hasn’t forgotten her Tricolour roots. She plans to live in Kingston during a year off school, intending to help with women’s soccer training in the fall.

“It’s definitely going to be a See Canada on page 14

Inside Alumni

Queen’s grad crafts his own path to the NHL.

ROAD HOCKEY

Nationwide Hockey Night in Canada tournament could make history in Kingston.

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ALUMNI

Online font for hashtag savant

Two years removed from graduation, former Athletics intern makes it to the pros B y N ick Faris Sports Editor Just like his team, Chris Lund is pesky.

In two short years, the Queen’s graduate has gone from student blogger to content producer for the Ottawa Senators, landing a string of coveted sports media jobs along the way.

Since January, he’s provided daily analysis on the Senators’ website and oversees the team’s Facebook and Twitter feeds. It’s the same type of work he’s done since his days in Kingston — but now, he’s on the biggest stage in sports.

“I didn’t think any of this would happen before I turned 30, or ever,” said the 23-year-old Lund, ArtSci ’11. “It’s been a crazy 24 months.”

Lund’s professional ascent began in 2009, when he founded Always OUA, a university sports blog. By his final year of undergrad, he was writing for Queen’s Athletics and contributing to The Score Television Network.

Intent on turning a hobby

into a career, Lund emailed sports journalists and executives relentlessly. Countless shots in the dark produced one crucial make: a summer internship at The Hockey News.

That editorial experience triggered a domino effect. In 2011-12, Lund commuted three times a week between Kingston and Toronto, interning at Athletics and returning to The Score as a permanent staffer.

Last fall, an observant friend alerted him to an opening with the Senators. The NHL lockout was still ongoing, but Lund buckled down, staying up till 4 a.m. on Christmas Eve to prepare for an interview.

From a crop of 200 applicants, Lund was Ottawa’s man. He had 10 days to sell his Toronto apartment and report to work.

“It was one of those things where I was just totally over the moon about it,” he said. “The NHL doesn’t come knocking every day.”

Since his hiring, Lund has lived out the dream of any minor league

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Chris Lund has worked as the Ottawa Senators’ content producer since January, manning the club’s website and social media feeds.

call-up: taking on an immediate and integral role with the big club.

As Ottawa’s social media maven, Lund’s at the forefront of an online uprising: the personification of pro sports, where teams interact directly with fans and take on

Tournament hits town Kingston festivities the centerpiece of cross-country event B y S ean S utherland Assistant Sports Editor

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The organizers of Play On! expect roughly 700 local players to participate in this weekend’s Kingston tournament.

Play On! offers players a less expensive option, as they don’t need the pricey equipment required for ice hockey.

“We’re based on an easy entry for kids to participate in sports,” Pickard said. “All you need is a stick and some running shoes and you’re good to go.”

The age divisions are set up to allow children as young as seven and adults as old as 65 to take part.

Alongside the tournament’s usual game play, there’s also a celebrity ball hockey game with a Queen’s connection.

Former London Knights goaltender and Gaels men’s hockey recruit Kevin Bailie will take part in the celebrity game alongside Frontenacs forward Darcy Greenaway. Play On! is looking to add more local hockey participants,

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“I’m not necessarily taking things to the degree the [Los Angeles] Kings do.

If we hit a point where Erik Karlsson’s answering questions in the dressing room about something I tweeted during the game last night … that’s not what I want.”

ROAD HOCKEY

When Hockey Night in Canada’s Play On! tournament comes to town, Kingston could be part of a world record.

This year, Play On! plans on becoming the world’s largest street hockey tournament, with around 6,000 teams and 42,000 players taking part in 21 events across the country.

Kingston will host an event for the first time in the tournament’s 10-year history, with nearly 700 players expected to participate on June 29-30.

Play On! had its first event in Halifax in 2003 and since then has grown into Canada’s largest sports festival. The regional events throughout the summer lead up to the National Championship, which this year will be held in Yarmouth, NS. Tourism Kingston estimates between 5,000 and 8,000 spectators will pack Parade Square at RMC for the Kingston festivities.

With the large number of people showing up for the games, it’s clear the tournament will have an impact on the local hockey scene.

“It gives people another opportunity to play hockey in the city, or generate and drive tourism to the city of Kingston,” said National Program Manager Brandon Pickard.

On a national scale, Play On! tries to work closely with professional and junior teams in each region.

The tournament has partnered up with the OHL’s Kingston Frontenacs and local minor hockey organizations for the Kingston event.

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including NHL players past and present.

The tournament brings out some fun amongst competitors through the names that teams choose to take on.

Pickard said some of the best names he’s heard have been puns on NHL players’ names, such as Teach Me How to Doughty and Straight Out of Conklin.

With Play On! designed for players of all skill levels and ages, it gives hockey players — and those who don’t play — a different experience.

“I think everybody across the country has played hockey at some point,” Pickard said. “Having an organized street hockey tournament is just something that’s cool and unique.”

virtual personalities of their own.

Just as the Los Angeles Kings’ digital team mastered the art of rankling the opposition during their 2012 Stanley Cup run, Lund integrates spectator chants and team slang into his tweets, pandering to an optimistic young fan base.

“When I came in, everything had kind of been done from a traditional media perspective. I wanted to give it more pizzazz,” he said. “How I do things from [the team Twitter account] is how I would do things conversationally. I think people appreciate that human element to it.”

In the case of this year’s Senators, marketing the team meant banking on a distinctive underdog mentality.

According to Lund, Ottawa centre Jason Spezza began referring to his team as the “Pesky Sens” last season after a slew of improbable comeback wins.

Players and fans embraced the nickname in 2013, as the Senators advanced to the second round of the playoffs despite losing Spezza and several other stars to serious injuries.

Now a fixture in the Senators’ lexicon, #peskysens is a product of last-second heroics and Lund’s online handiwork alike.

“I’m just an aggregator for

“If the [last-place] Colorado Avalanche decided tomorrow to be the LA Kings 2.0, they would get hammered for it. They could have funnier people doing it, they could have more talented writers, more talented video people — but if the team’s not winning, that’s the great equalizer.”

THE PESKY SENS “You could tell this was a team that embraced the underdog role, and they knew there was no expectation. Internally, they expected to hit where they hit, if not better, even with the injuries. Honestly, it was amazing.”

ideas and stuff like that,” Lund said. “If that means our players call themselves the Pesky Sens, I turn that into a hashtag, and two months later we have t-shirts with ‘Pesky Sens’ on them, then awesome.”

As Ottawa’s rebuild continues, the franchise’s adopted identity shouldn’t go away anytime soon.

The same goes for Lund, whose off-ice vision for the club mirrors the goal he’s chased since leaving Queen’s.

“Make a name for myself and help the other people I work with help make a name for themselves, as the people who built this exemplary production team,” he said.

“I think we stack up very well against the NHL, and I want to continue to grow that.”

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different team. They’re losing a fair amount of girls, but that’s just part of life and university sport,” she said.

Head coach Dave McDowell said the loss of any graduating player is hard to account for — especially this year’s group of departing veterans.

Women’s soccer has reached three straight national finals, winning CIS championships in 2010 and 2011.

According to her coach, Tessier will likely be impossible to replace.

“Those players come along once in a while and obviously she’s one

of the most gifted athletes we’ve had in here,” McDowell said.

“We’ll do what we can.”

With training camp starting on August 15, McDowell will look to returning strikers Brittany Almeida, Kayla Crnic and Breanna Burton to step up to the plate.

Burton, who scored 10 of Queen’s 55 goals last season, told the Journal via email that she’ll look to keep the changing team as cohesive as possible.

“We have so many talented and versatile players on our team,” she said. “I think our biggest thing will be to find out what system works best and which players work best in certain positions.”

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WALK-ONs “You do your best to try to predict in terms of where someone might be in September, but if someone comes into camp and proves me wrong, and bumps someone down, I think our team just got that much better.”

TRANSFER PLAYERS “It’s always player initiated, saying ‘I want to transfer’ for whatever reason. We’re certainly very fortunate that people want to move to Queen’s versus move out of here.”

PLAYING IN CANADA “Our tuition is a fraction of the cost of the [United] States. I don’t think a lot of people realize that. It’s just trying to educate them that there [are] the top academic and athletic opportunities here ... But that is a challenge, because there is that perception out there that [players] need to go to the States.”

The departure of three veteran captains leaves the women’s hockey team with a mostly new leadership group.

The Gaels announced on June 12 that Morgan McHaffie, the only remaining assistant captain from last year’s squad, will captain the team for the 2013-14 season.

She’ll be joined by three new assistants: centre Shawna Griffin and defencemen Danielle Girard and Mary Coughlin.

The four players will try to improve on a season in which the Gaels set a team record in wins and captured the OUA title. This year’s team is relatively young, meaning the captains’ collective experience will be important.

The captaincy is one of many accolades McHaffie has earned. The fifth-year centre was the OUA MVP and leading scorer during the 2011-12 season and was named an All-Canadian last year.

McHaffie currently sits fourth amongst Queen’s players with 122 career points, tied for ninth all-time in the OUA. Griffin is a two-time OUA champion and recorded seven goals and 20 points last season. The fourth-year also provided a presence in the defensive zone and on special teams.

Third-years Girard and Coughlin were a big part of a defence that allowed an OUA-low 43 goals against. Both players contributed 11 points in 2012-13.

— Sean Sutherland

Former CHLers sign on with men’s hockey Top junior experience features heavily in men’s hockey’s newest recruiting class.

Seeking to bolster his club’s depth at all positions, head coach Brett Gibson is set to bring in 11 rookies for the upcoming season — including several that will join Queen’s after stints in the Canadian Hockey League.

After matching up from opposing benches at last month’s Memorial Cup, incoming goaltenders Chris Clarke and Kevin Bailie will battle for the Gaels’ starting role. Former netminder Riley Whitlock has exhausted his CIS eligibility after five seasons.

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the players he wants. Last year’s team had players from three provinces outside of Ontario, while one of this year’s recruits hails from Alberta.

“We’re happy to recruit coast to coast in an effort to put together the best team possible,” Holmberg said. “I think it’s flattering that Queen’s has that nationwide reputation and appeal for people that want to come.”

Once a player has committed to Queen’s, Holmberg may offer a scholarship worth up to $4,000, depending on funding from Queen’s Athletics. He usually knows how much scholarship money he’ll have for a season the year before, after he receives informal commitments from some players.

“In terms of scholarships, that piece might lag behind a sort of general commitment,” Holmberg said. “Sometimes you have to do it in a two-stage process.”

Queen’s high academic requirements often hinder Holmberg’s ability to get commitments. This means he can’t pursue as many players as other teams, instead competing against schools like McGill to bring in recruits who excel on the ice and in the classroom.

Those same requirements can also lend a helping hand, allowing Holmberg to sell the

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Clarke posted a 13-1-1 record in 2012-13 for the Canadian junior champion Halifax Mooseheads, while Bailie split regular starting duties for the OHL’s London Knights.

Maple Ridge, B.C. native Regan Soquila highlights Gibson’s six-man crop of rookie forwards. The brother of current Gaels forward Jordan Soquila, Regan finished 13th in British Columbia Hockey League (Junior A) scoring in 2012-13.

Fellow first-year forward Jordan Coccimiglio played two OHL seasons from 2009-11, netting 15 career points.

The Gaels finished seventh in the OUA East last season, suffering a first-round playoff sweep to the Carleton Ravens.

Queen’s scored just 76 goals, third last overall among 19 teams.

University’s academic reputation alongside the team’s success.

“I honestly believe that Queen’s is the best of both worlds,” he said. “If you’re looking for top quality education and to play for a great team in great level of hockey, we can offer both.”

It isn’t as simple as just telling recruits about Queen’s. Holmberg often visits a player’s house or home rink, hoping to establish a personal connection.

Although deciding which school to attend can be a stressful time for athletes, Holmberg said it can also be exciting.

“Hopefully [the player’s time at Queen’s] Matt Holmberg has Photo by charlotte gagnier can be four or five of the best years of won two championships and multiple OUA their life.” accolades with women’s hockey.

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and boisterous today,” said Carpenter, who made his 50th appearance with the national team against Tonga. “We’re happy to be on home soil.”

Canada rode a numerical advantage to victory against the Tongans. Forward Eddie Aholelei was ejected for sparking a mid-game brawl in the 34th minute, reducing the visitors to 14 players.

Leading 9-7 after the first half, the Canadians erupted for three tries in 11 minutes, penetrating Tonga’s shorthanded defence with outside speed and clever passing.

Veteran Canadian goal-kicker James Pritchard was perfect on the day, nailing three conversions and four penalty kicks and adding a try of his own for 23 individual points.

The victory was somewhat marred by

a pair of ugly incidents: the first-half fight, which saw Canada’s Ray Barkwill felled by a sucker punch; and a devastating high hit in the 56th minute, forcing Canadian back Matt Evans to be stretchered off the field.

Following the match, the International Rugby Board suspended three Tongan players as a result of both plays.

“It always ends up being like that with the Tongans — lots of physicality and guys get a little bit chippy,” Carpenter said. “Luckily, they were the team that got a little more ambitious than us, and ended up taking a red card.”

Tonga excelled early and late, opening the scoring in the second minute and tallying three late tries to make the final margin respectable. Seeded 12th in the world by the IRB, the Tongans haven’t beaten 13th-ranked Canada since 1999.

— Nick Faris

Gencarelli announces recruiting class With several new recruits arriving for the 2013 season, Queen’s men’s soccer team is aiming for a triumphant campaign.

Head coach Chris Gencarelli recently announced a strong group of experienced first-year athletes who are set to join the Gaels in the fall.

Holding the title of 2012 OUA East Division champions after posting an impressive record of 11-1-2, the Gaels have an incredibly strong status to maintain. They scored 34 goals and conceded just eight in the regular season, before losing to McMaster in the league semifinal.

Many of the new recruits have already had a taste of championship success with their previous teams.

Incoming midfielder Rohan Sarna won four Ontario Cup championships with the Erin Mills Eagles from 2009-12, while defender Connor Hannigan won a Double-A British Columbia championship in 2011.

Halifax native Sam Abernathy comes to Queen’s having claimed a Nova Scotia provincial championship with Halifax City Soccer Club. Hailing from the opposite side of the country, Victoria’s Chris Wellsman won a Pacific Coast Soccer League U21 title last season.

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Smoke signals new drinking trend Vapourizing alcohol is a growing practice among students that may have sobering risks B y K atie G randin Postscript Editor When drinking alcohol is no longer enough, students might turn to smoking their drink of choice.

Smoking alcohol is a trend that’s gaining popularity among university students as a result of circulating YouTube tutorials claiming to provide a stronger and more immediate intoxication while consuming less alcohol.

It joins a number of similar alcohol trends, such as “eyeballing,” wherein one pours a shot of vodka directly into the eye, or “vodka tampons,” where people soak tampons in vodka and insert them in the vagina or rectum. Students are now vapourizing their alcohol with the help of dry ice or a bicycle pump.

Kyle*, ArtSci ’14, had his first experience smoking alcohol while on a trip to Brussels, Belgium. In an absinthe bar called Floris, Kyle was told to inhale absinthe fumes through the straw of a specialty glass, after the alcohol had been set on fire.

“It was very strong, but really a great new experience,” Kyle said in an email to the Journal.

Kyle said that after inhaling the alcohol, he didn’t feel any more inebriated than he would have after consuming a regular shot.

Upon waking the next morning, however, he didn’t experience any symptoms of a hangover.

For Kyle, the draw to smoke alcohol came from his desire to try something new and foreign.

“I’d definitely try it again, and will bring back a bottle of absinthe to try it with my friends at Queen’s,” he said. “We will need to experiment a bit to see if it is more or less effective than a traditional drink, but no matter what, the theatricality and flavours of the new method are appealing.”

Kyle said that he believed there would be controversy over the safety of the trend, but that it’s likely it would increase in popularity.

“It’s an exciting method to watch someone try, even if you don’t partake, but if you’re a fan of trying new things then it’s definitely the thing to do,” he said.

Ron Shore, a professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, said that smoking alcohol is attractive to young people because of the novelty and the risk factor associated with it.

Young people are willing to take higher risks than an older demographic, he said.

“My understanding [for] part of the attraction is there are fewer calories, so people don’t worry about their weight,” he said. “It may be attractive to people who are concerned about body image.”

Body dissatisfaction and dieting have also influenced alcohol trends like “drunkorexia.” People forego food so that they can binge drink and avoid the extra calorie intake.

The risks, however, are said to be placing students in danger.

Whenever you smoke a substance, it rapidly penetrates your blood-brain barrier, Shore said, causing a much quicker onset of the effect. It’s considered to have a higher addictive potential.

“You’re bypassing all of your body’s normal elimination processes, so it’s not going through your gut, it’s not mixing with your food, it’s not entering your bloodstream more gradually,” Shore said.

He said the risks of over-intoxication and alcohol poisoning increase.

Shore said that university students need to be more mindful of safer drinking strategies since problems such as aggression, unplanned sex and disorientation are a possibility.

Smoking alcohol leads to a higher chance of over-intoxication and alcohol poisoning.

“The reality is that drug use needs to be seen as a health issue and we need to ... look at substance use as relatively normal behaviour,” he said. “The question is not whether people use drugs or not, which is the way people think now, but in what ways drugs are affecting your health and are affecting your goals in life.”

While alcohol and drug consumption continues to be prevalent among young university students, Shore said that a natural human curiosity will propel young adults to experiment with new methods of administration.

“If there was no downside, it would be awesome, because

it doesn’t affect the rest of [the body], it just directly affects your brain,” said Shirin Salimi, a first-year game development student at George Brown College.

“No hangover, so that’s a big appeal. Actually, a really, really big appeal.”

Salimi said that in the summer of 2011, her friends experimented with inhaling alcohol at a party.

“My friend had a sauna in her backyard and instead of pouring water on the hot rocks to turn them into steam like a proper sauna, people were pouring Goldschlager over the rocks,” Salimi said.

She said friends had described getting drunk off the steam.

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“I know this thing is new, but I think it’s been in the making for a while there,” she said.

However, she said she still believed it would not be worth the risk.

“Alcohol is poison, it’s literally poison, and you’re just putting it directly into your brain. Who hears something like that and thinks, ‘Yep, it’s still a good idea, I’m still going to try it’?” she said. “I’m attached to my vital organs, so I wouldn’t.” *Surname has been withheld.

Here’s to new discoveries While contemporary experimentation with alcohol has received attention, the practice has been a staple in human history. “Humans have always altered their consciousness, we always find new and different ways to do it. Drugs have been around for tens of thousands of years if not longer, we’ve never found a culture that doesn’t alter consciousness,” said Ron Shore, a professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies.

A discovery of early Stone Age jugs established that purposefully fermented beverages have existed since at least 10,000 BC.

Babylonians worshipped a wine goddess and other wine dieties as early as 2700 BC. Beer was a major beverage in Babylonia.

In China, wine jars from Jiahu are the earliest evidence of alcohol, which date back to 7000 BC.

By 1700 BC, wine making in Greece became commonplace. It was incorporated into religious rituals, used medicinally, integral to hospitality and festivities, and drunk with most meals.

Ancient Egyptians used alcohol for pleasure, medicine, ritual, nutrition and funerary purposes. They brewed at least 17 kinds of beer and at least 24 varieties of wine.

Hindu Ayurvedic texts describe both the benefits and consequences of alcohol consumption. They conclude that alcohol is a medicine when consumed in moderation, but a poison if consumed in excess.

-– Katie Grandin Sources: Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture, archeology.about.com, drugfreeworld.org, potsdam.edu, The Science of Drinking: How Alcohol Affects Your Body and Mind